Rumours of perhaps a little more movement but currently what's our best 13/17?

Shaul
Talanoa
Fonua
Griffin
Michaels
Kelly
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Watts
Minichiello
Manu
Ellis

Green
Bowden
Hadley
Washbrook

Tuimavave
Connor
Naughton
Thompson
Logan
Turgut
Litten
Matongo
Fash
Downs
Osborne

Shaul
Talanoa
Tuimavave
Griffin
Fonua
Kelly
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Watts
Minichiello
Manu
Ellis

Washbrook
Bowden
Green
Hadley

Shaul
Talanoa
Tuimavave
Griffin
Fonua
Kelly
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Watts
Minichiello
Manu
Ellis

Green
Bowden
Hadley
Washbrook

That's mine, although I'd be tempted to maybe swap Hadley and Mini, to give us more impact from the bench.

I would have Connor on the bench personally.

In the place of Washbrook.

Can cover so many positions in the backs and offer something different if we are struggling.

Am I the only one who rates Fonua best at centre?

1 Connor
2 Fonua
3 Carlos
4 Griffin
5 Talanoa
6 Kelly
7 Sneyd
8 Taylor
9 Houghton
10 Watts
11 Manu
12 Mini
13 Ellis

14 Green
15 Bowden
16 Hadley
17 Washy

Really like the idea of Connor at full back.
Think we need a third pivot on the pitch and he
Has good hands and a decent kicking game.
Some tough choices for Radford.

To be fair, think he was only played once of the wing so maybe he would be better there,he has attributes that would work well on the wing.

I think it's about balance of the team, need more pace and that won't happen will your two wingers, much more strength in the centres than on the wing.

He is but then what do you do with kelly and tuimavave? Recruitment seems a bit odd to me so far with connor and michaels seemingly unlikely to make the starting 17 despite being starting regulars previously. I think we'll see further leavers. For me, we should have said goodbye to michaels and been using connor and naughton as back ups but suspect naughton will leave which is a shame as he has done really well when given a chance

Keep Tuimavave away from the team is all i ask

I was thinking exactly the same. Frank not off the bench leaves a hole imo. He may not of been a video highlights reel last year but teams feared him and had to number up. Always took 3 men and as mentioned was near top in lots of the stats you'd like from a bench man. Metres busts offloads etc

Shauls earnt the right to be in pole for a starting spot but I think he's really hanging on by his finger nails
7 try assists is a bad return for a team near top all year in a key position. Unless scoring hat fulls of tries
Think carlos would also be very good at 1
But I really like the idea of connor.

In his career he's bounced between wing and centre without having to be labelled as 1 or the other
Has lots of attributes for both
I'm tempted to go wing as I think carlos and him on wing as a combo is fractionally better than Fonua and michaels as a combo. Not much in it either way though

Can't understand why you gave Michaels a new contract as you seem to have plenty of cover in that area and he takes up a quota space

Still amazes me, that people don't understand you need a squad to be successful, even more so next season.

The squad is about the right size looking at the fixtures
More the better. Just need to use it better imo. Radfords hinted at a more rotational approach next year tbf

I like the idea of a Carlos and Fonua partnership. Fonua won't be stood out there with his hands in his pockets, Radford will have him coming inside a lot. And Carlos can get the ball to him early and back him up. Kicks to that side would be hard to defend too.

A right side of Manu, Kelly, Tuimavave and Fonua looks potential devastating.

Defensively it might not be the strongest combination we have. Whether that becomes an issue depends on how Kelly plays in defence.

I think defensively that looks a lot stronger than we had this season.

Carlos is a good defender and Kelly isn't as bad as some make out.

That is why I would start with Connor on the bench.

He could come on at full back, or any position in the backs, and change our style of play.

kelly is strong in the tackle but misses a lot. He's been consistently in the top 2 or 3 for missed tackles since he came over here. Having said that, most halves miss plenty of tackles as they're pinpointed by the attack and we've not signed him to shore up our defence

I take it Carlos is the new Yeamo then

Take Shaul out and we still seriously lack out and out pace

Its a hit harsh on Griffin. He hasn't played a game yet and fans already aren't calling him our scapegoat? I think some of our supporters should wait until we've lost a few games before deciding its all one player's fault and stoking the fires of irrational hatred.

It is Seb we are talking about,lets face it,his rugby knowledge is limied to say the least

Nope